Maine Millers

We’ve moved…

mattmill — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:20:30 +0000

We are trying to host this ourseves so we moved:

http://blog.maimemillers.com

Please change your bookmarks and if you see anything amis please drop us a note.

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matt

Chunks ‘O Ice

mattmill — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:33:10 +0000

We have a snow and ice eater here. I think Scout cannot go outside without having one or the other in his mouth. He thinks they are a wonderful treat and just picks up clumps of snow everywhere and either carries them for a while or just plain eats them. Tonight on one of our trips outside he found a real hard chunk of ice and carried it around the yard. Then I had him drop it so we could go inside. On the next trip out he remembered where he dropped it in a yard of snow and proceded to lie down and gnaw on it again. He is just wierd.

Native America?

mattmill — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:02:06 +0000

Although the Australian Shepehrd is a North American Breed and not from Australia, the way Scout was acting last night you would think Native American. He was ripping Birch Bark from the trees and playing with the resulting pieces. Sometimes you just have to laugh at him.

Counter surfers ≠ good dogs

mattmill — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:59:35 +0000

As I am sitting eating this morning I look out of the corner of my eye and he is at it again

Scout is NOT a two legged being and should always have four on the floor, you tell him… As I look over toward the counter there he is trying to get a bowl that had some ice cream in it from last night. I know my fault for not washing the dishes yet but that was for after breakfast. Anyway crash it goes to the floor and shatters all over the place. He is fine and all is cleaned up but hopefully it scared the snot out of him for good, na I doubt it

Making real progress

mattmill — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:02:15 +0000

I guess it’s a good sign when you take obedience classes and the last instructor you had is in your current class and comments on the improvements over the last few weeks. Three people told us that last night. Persistence pays off.

Healthy or Obnoxious?

mattmill — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:40:47 +0000

How do you know when an Aussie is fully recovered from surgery? He acts worse than he did before surgery. Scout is in need of some serious exercise, mental and physical. He is getting into everything everywhere in the house. He stole a 10″ bread knife yesterday and started to chew the wooden handle, he is getting on the counters, begging for food, stealing socks, general mis-behaving. Yesterday was his first day playing at Bowdoin College fields after 3 weeks and he had a great time running and wrestling with all the other dogs. He had a good wrestling match with a golden, Katie, that was almost his age and also just recovered from spaying, the match lasted a good 10 minutes.

Starting our next obedience classess tomorrow night (after a 4 week break) and these are different, billed as a way to beat the winter doldrums, we will be learning tricks, rally-o, freestyle, and some other things.

Staples are out!

mattmill — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:21:17 +0000

Yea, back to normal. Scout got the clean bill of health today. Staples were removed and incision has healed nicely, thanks to the e-collar. We are cleared to go back to regular activities and we are both glad. Walks, frisbee, playing with other dogs…it’s all good!

No more pain meds

mattmill — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 23:24:46 +0000

I think all the pain meds are out of his system… Wow what a difference today. He is back to his old self and obnoxious due to lack of exercise this week. I took him for a walk today and other than the neighbor saying that the lampshade on his head was a little early for new years eve the walk was uneventful. He is still trying to grab his leash and the e-collar makes that more difficult but he is managing to get it anyway. Our next classes start on Jan. 9th and they are non-traditional classes. They tell me it’s tricks, freestyle, and rally-o type of training. We’ll see, it’s only 5 weeks. Wish us luck!!!

Neutering, good idea, sad dog

mattmill — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 18:58:58 +0000

This is the most pitiful dog you’ve ever seen. Scout had a little rougher surgery than most due to Cryptorchidism so he has a second incision in the abdomen. He took a trip to the emergency vet Sunday night, Christmas Eve, due to the fact that this second incision was very red and swollen. The vet did a good cleaning and dried it with Gold Bond Medicated Powder and sent us home with antibiotics. He is just starting to show some energy today, I think he is getting bored and wants to play but that is hard with an e-collar on your head. He just moves from the bed to the dog bed to the couch to the other end of the couch and repeats the process with some whining. I imagine that standing is hurting or pulling on the incision since every time he is up it’s a frantic attempt to lick the area. Hopefully this week will go quickly and he can get back to normal soon. Staples come out Tuesday Jan. 2.

Scout’s home

mattmill — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 23:27:52 +0000

He came home this afternoon and is pretty heavily drugged. I was making dinner and he was just laying on the floor behind me and not moving, not normal. He is getting spooked by simple things like a piece of cheese I tried to give him. I guess he really is out of it and the smell “woke” him up, but he did startle. It should be fun trying to keep him calm for the next 10 days.